RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* September 03, 2012
* NYSY 0903 . 12
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):August 27, 2012 - September 03, 2012
to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com
covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
and Montezuma Wetlands
Hi all,
I just spent an amazing 2 1/2 hours sitting in my back yard watching migrants.
I first spent the morning at the Park Preserve on Irish Settlement Rd. in
Dryden, where I had a nice assortment of warblers incuding PRAIRIE, MAGNOLIA,
CAPE MAY, BLACKBURNIAN, BLACK THROATED GREEN, BLACK
I see Laura has a hummingbird on her list, but mine seem to be, very suddenly,
gone. All summer there was one at the feeder, or perched on a twig next to it
waiting. Sometimes there were arguments when two tried to visit at once. But
yesterday and today, the feeder and twig are empty. (And I
We had them on our Rose of Sharon this morning at the junction of rites 26 and
38B in Union Center.
Glenn Wilson
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On Sep 3, 2012, at 4:41 PM, Nancy W Dickinson n...@cornell.edu wrote:
I see Laura has a hummingbird on her list, but mine seem to be, very suddenly,
gone. All
Went with Melissa Penta to Montezuma and Vicinity Today.
Started at Knox-Marcellus this morning from Towpath Road.
Overcast skies, light breeze and pleasant temperatures
made for great viewing. Very little heat shimmer. Spent
from 930 am to 1230 pm...where does all the time go when
birding?
We
Susie I spent a couple hours this morning sitting in lawn chairs in the
middle of one of the fields atop Mt. Pleasant. We thought we would get a
head start on hawk migration, but with a strong southerly breeze we expected
to see little, which is pretty much what occurred. At 1100, however, a
